Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators - October 2013

Annual update of the 'Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities' headline indicators.


Alcohol - first ever hospital admission aged under 75 years

Summary

  • The level of absolute inequality has fallen since 1997, while relative inequality has remained stable over the same period.

Between 1997[8] and 2011, rates of new hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions among those aged under 75 years fell by 16% to around 11,000 new cases in 2011. These types of admissions are more common in deprived areas - 493 per 100,000 population compared to 89 per 100,000 population in areas of low deprivation. Relative inequality has remained broadly stable over time. There has been a decrease in absolute inequality since 1997, mainly caused by a decrease in the admission rate in the most deprived decile from 629 per 100,000 population in 1997 to 493 per 100,000 population in 2011.

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Absolute range over time

Absolute range over time

Scale / Context

Number of new cases

Target population size

Rate per 100,000(EASR)

1997r

12,447

4,740,269

266.3

1998r

12,762

4,729,975

271.3

1999r

12,645

4,721,298

268.7

2000r

12,189

4,708,667

259.1

2001r

12,844

4,703,661

271.3

2002r

12,836

4,690,508

270.2

2003r

12,201

4,690,603

255.0

2004r

13,325

4,706,922

275.2

2005r

12,515

4,718,403

257.4

2006r

12,665

4,734,676

259.4

2007

13,628

4,755,963

279.0

2008

13,161

4,775,321

266.2

2009

11,833

4,795,479

237.6

2010

11,175

4,816,465

222.7

2011

11,042

4,841,726

223.6

Contact

Email: Craig Kellock

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